By Brandon Lewis and The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
Over 50 people gathered at the second meeting of the Signal Mountain Conservative Club on April 9th to discuss policies, volunteerism, and the upcoming elections on Signal Mountain, which include a wide variety of state of state and local positions.
Gail Greene addressed the group on the importance of volunteerism and significant impact Conservatives can have on state and local government through their involvement.
Brandon Lewis reviewed the liberal voting records of establishment incumbents Rep. Patsy Hazelwood and Sen Todd Gardenhire in detail to the astonishment of those in the room. Both are up for reelection, and in the opinion of this author, should be replaced… post haste.
You can review Rep. Patsy Hazelwood and Sen Todd Gardenhire’s voting records at the end of this article.
State Representative challenger Michele Reneau spoke to the group about how they could get involved to bring true, Conservative representation to Signal Mountain.
State Senate challenger Ed LeCompte discussed his candidacy and asked for support, promising to be far more Conservative than Gardenhire.
If you are a Conservative living on Signal Mountain, or know anyone who is, please feel free to join us.
Meetings are held Monthly on the 2nd Tuesday at the Walden Ridge Civic League Building located at 2501 Fairmount Pike, Walden, TN 37377.
Any Conservative is welcome, but RSVPs are required. Please email Adelia@TennesseeConservativeNews.com.
What follows is a bulleted list representing the voting records of Rep. Patsy Hazelwood and Sen Todd Gardenhire.
Do you find these votes to be Conservative?
Note: These are just the votes we can confirm – The Tennessee Legislature isn’t known for its transparency and The Tennessee Conservative is really the only known source that tracks actual votes.
Patsy Hazlewood (R-Signal Mountain-District 27) Votes & More 2019 – 2024
Hazlewood 2019 –
• Voted against legislation to prohibit state and local governments from adoption sanctuary policies (HB2315)
• Voted against legislation that would ban government entities from contracting with a person who does not provide evidence of work authorization status (HB1239)
Hazlewood 2020 –
• Refused to vote on legislation to ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected (HB2263)
• Refused to vote on the “Abortion Reversal Bill_ that aimed to require signs be posted at abortion clinics that chemical abortions may be reversed following the first dose of a two dose treatment (HB2568)
Hazlewood 2021 –
• Voted against legislation to authorize partisan elections for school board members (HB9072)
Hazlewood 2022 –
• Voted to give illegal aliens professional licenses (HB2309)
• Voted against stopping social media censorship of Tennessee elections and citizens in committee (HB2369)
• Voted for the ‘Incumbent Protection Bill’ to silence Tennessee grassroots (HB1201)
• Voted against legislation to protect Tennessee citizens from social media censorship (HB2369)
• Voted for Corporate Welfare by allowing Chattanooga Lookouts to retain sales tax deal to fund their new stadium (HB2609)
• Publicly voiced support for Gov. Lee’s 2023 $52.8 billion budget, which allocated $8.9 Billion more in state dollars than the 2023 budget and included $550 Million in state bonds to help fund a new domed stadium for the TN Titans
• In committee, she voted against prohibiting taxpayer-funded entertainment venues from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations or COVID passport to enter leading to the bill being killed. (HB2073)
• Voted against a resolution to make the Holy Bible Tennessee’s Official State Book (HJR0752)
• Voted against lowering Tennessee’s concealed carry age to 18 on the House floor (HB1735)
• Hazlewood “wins” The Tennessee Conservative’s RINO Legislator of the Year award.
Hazlewood 2023 –
• Voted for legislation to criminalize parents based on anonymous allegations of abuse or neglect (HB1109)
• Voted for legislation that paved the way for global currency in Tennessee (HB0316)
• Co-sponsored bill to use of public-private partnerships for the construction of toll roads (HB0321)
• Co-sponsored a bill to allow a subjective standard for physicians to potentially and willfully permit abortion for a patient in bad faith. (HB0883)
Hazlewood 2024 –
• Voted to block public access to Department of Tourist Development records (HB1692)
• Voted against bill that would require age-appropriate firearm safety courses for TN Public school students (HB2882)
• Voted in favor of a Red Flag Bill to expand mandatory reporting by ‘mental health professionals’ of anything they view as a potential threat (HB1625)
• Voted in favor of blocking access to the autopsy reports of children who are victims of violent crime, thereby allowing their cases to go unsolved in some cases (HB1695)
• Voted in favor of bill making it easier to remove foster kids from their homes and funnel them back into the system (HB1808)
Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga-District 10) Votes & More 2019 – 2024
Gardenhire 2019 –
• In Committee, voted against that would protect schools from litigation resulting from adoption of policies that require students to use bathrooms that correspond to their biological sex (SB1499)
Gardenhire 2021 –
• Voted against legislation to authorize partisan elections for school board members (SB9009)
Gardenhire 2022 –
• Voted to give illegal aliens professional licenses on Senate floor (SB2464)
• Voted against allowing local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws in Senate Judiciary resulting in death of the bill (SB2264)
• Voted for the ‘Incumbent Protection Bill’ to silence Tennessee grassroots (SB1005)
• Voted to send a bill to ‘summer study’ that would reject exemptions for schools that allow obscene materials, thereby killing the legislation. (SB1944)
• Voted for Corporate Welfare by allowing Chattanooga Lookouts to retain sales tax deal to fund their new stadium (SB2890)
• Voted against making Ivermectin over-the-counter in the state (SB2188)
• Sponsored a five-cent tax increase on soft drinks, soda water, carbonated natural and mineral water, and other non-alcoholic carbonated beverages. (SB1659)
• Gardenhire places in the Top 5 RINOs in the Tennessee Senate as ranked by The Tennessee Conservative
Gardenhire 2023 –
• Co-sponsored legislation to limit parent’s ability to withdraw their children from public schools (SB0417)
• Voted for legislation to criminalize parents based on anonymous allegations of abuse or neglect (SB1319)
• Voted for legislation that paved the way for global currency in Tennessee (SB0268)
• Co-sponsored bill to use of public-private partnerships for the construction of toll roads (SB0273)
• Voted for a bill to allow a subjective standard for physicians to potentially and willfully permit abortion for a patient in bad faith. (SB0745)
• Voted for a resolution for an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution allowing ownership interest in private corporations (SJR0034)
Gardenhire 2024 –
• Took a bill off notice in the Senate Judiciary, before allowing it to be heard, that would have increased fines for the transportation of illegal aliens into the state (SB2034)
• Voted against a bill in the Senate Judiciary that would have increased fines for the transportation of illegal aliens into the state and removed exemptions for common carriers (SB2082)
• Voted against legislation to require Tennessee Law enforcement to report illegal aliens that have committed yet another crime to federal authorities (SB2576)
• Voted against bill that would allow for the death penalty in cases of child rape (SB1834)
• In committee, voted against a bill to ban pride flags from display in Tennessee classrooms (SB1722)
• Sponsored a bill in the Senate that would give illegal aliens free college tuition in exchange for teaching in a Tennessee public school for at least five years. (SB0297)
• Voted in favor of a Red Flag Bill to expand mandatory reporting by ‘mental health professionals’ of anything they view as a potential threat (SB1673)
• Voted in favor of bill making it easier to remove foster kids from their homes and funnel them back into the system (SB2660)
